On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 05:49:04PM -0700, ms419@freezone.co.uk wrote: > > Can I use something like the yaboot.conf "install=" parameter - or the > ybin "--install" argument to install arbitrary files on my HFS > bootstrap partition? yes, though there are some assumptions made as to what the install file is going to be, namely it needs to be an OF bootable executable file. install= will take the place of yaboot, that is yaboot will no longer be installed on the bootstrap partition. > My root filesystem is Reiser4 on an LVM2 logical volume, which yaboot > cannot read - so currently I must manually copy > "/boot/vmlinux-2.6.13-hostname-200509270" to "vmlinux" on my bootstrap > partition > > This works, but to make it easier & avoid forgetting, I wish to > automate using ybin & - > > > [...] > install=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.13-hostname-200509270 -> vmlinux > [...] yes this should work, provided you do not have to provide any command line arguments to your kernel, and your kernel image is directly executable from OpenFirmware (usually vmlinux are not). > > - or something in yaboot.conf > > Any ideas? > > Many thanks for yaboot! > > Jack > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to minimalist@lists.penguinppc.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe yaboot-users". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.penguinppc.org -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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